Senate roll call 305 · 31st Congress · Sep 21, 1850
To amend the bill, H.R. 334, which amendment eliminates the proviso that no member of the Senate, shall receive mileage for any session that may be called withi
On Sep 21, 1850, the Senate voted 21–28 (HR 334). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 13–15, Others 8–13. 13 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 21
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Sep 21, 1850
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 15 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others8 yes · 13 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William King Sebastian D-AR voted yes
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted yes
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted yes
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted yes
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Pierre Soulé D-LA voted yes
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA voted yes
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted yes
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS voted yes
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted yes
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted yes
- Samuel Houston D-TX voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Wales O-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Robert Woodward Barnwell D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- John Charles Frémont D-CA
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- James Shields D-IL
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- David Stewart O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Cooper O-PA
- Franklin Harper Elmore D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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